"The School is committed to providing an outstanding learning environment both in and out of the classroom with a globally and real world experienced faculty in a mutually supportive student-faculty community."
M.S., Cornell University, 1973. Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior
B.S., University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, 1968. Economics, Labor-Management Relations
Netherlands Opleidings Instituut voor het Buitenland, N.O.I.B., Nijenrode, The Netherlands, 1966-67
Employment:
President, The California School of International Management, San Diego, California, September 1995--present. Chief Executive Officer. Senior level administrative responsibility; international relations; institutional development
Executive Director, EBS-United States of America, Colorado Springs, January, 1992--August, 1995. General administrative leadership role; fund raising; institutional development
Professor, International Business Strategy, European Business School, Oestrich Winkel, Germany, D 6227, September, 1990-December, 1991
Associate Professor, Business Strategy, School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University, 400 Corporate Pointe, Culver City, Ca, 90230. September, 1988- September 1990. Provide instruction in Business Strategy courses to MBA, executive MBA, and BSM students; serve on faculty MBA Program Committee; serve on School of Business and Management Academic Council and MS in Organization Development Program Committee
Assistant Vice President, University Relations and Development, San Diego State University, 1986-1988
Provided leadership to SDSU's Gateway capital campaign; developed corporate donor programs; developed entrepreneurial education programs for SDSU and San Diego's leading executives; designed and implemented key events with nationally prominent entrepreneurs; developed strategies and proposals for and personally represented SDSU in solicitation to major corporate and philanthropic foundations at the national level; work with SDSU President, Vice Presidents, Deans and key donors and prospects to define program and campaign efforts; solve operational and administrative matters relating to donor, community, academic staff, and public requests; manage President's Council program and donor development; coordinate projects involving office and research staff; managed 1988 Commencement, securing speaker, liaison, and implementation of visit
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Management, San Diego State University, 1985-86
Managing Partner, McManus Associates, San Diego, management-organization consultation, 1982-85
Management consulting to senior management in a wide variety of organizations (see list)
Expert Consultant, US Navy Organizational Effectiveness System, San Diego, Memphis, Monterrey, Pearl Harbor, 1984-85. Management consulting for senior officers of the USNOE system on global strategy, internal issues, programs; trained system-level master consultants
President, Technology Systems International, Ithaca, N.Y., strategic human resource consulting services, 1980-82. Management consulting to a wide variety of firms (see list)
Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Ithaca College, 1975-80
Publications:
"Blocks, Triangles, and Points of Light", with Rolf Caspers, Business Forum, spring, 1992
"America's Hidden Corporate Asset", Business Forum, winter, 1990
"The New Red Executive", Business Forum, Spring, 1989
Surviving Merger and Acquisition. with M. Hergert, Chicago: Scott Foresman, 1988
"Reshuffling Corporate America." With M. Hergert, AAAS Pacific Division Symposium, June 1987
Proceedings of Master Consultant Development Workshop. with R. Coven and J. Taylor, Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness School, Memphis, 1985
"Quality Circles: Do's & Don'ts." Pittsburgh Business Journal, July 1982
"The East - West Connection: Development of Scholarly Exchange in Management Science", Management International Review, Vol. 20, 1980, pp. 7-22
"Remedy for a Poor Organizational Image", Advanced Management Journal, June 1979
"Who is the Organization's Doctor?” In G. Gore and R. Wright (eds.) The Academic Consultant Connection
Dubuque: Kendall Hunt, 1979
"Two Worlds of OD: Contrasting Practices and Values in an East-West Organization Intervention Perspective", Proceedings, Academy of Management, 1979
"Management of Technological Innovations Toward Systems-Integrated Organized Technology" with G. Dobrov and A. Straszak, Collaborative Paper, IIASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1979
Book review, Academy of Management Review, June 1979
"System-Integration for Organized Technology." Proceedings, Third International Conference on the Management of Research and Development and Education, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, 1978
"OD in Eastern Europe: Trends in Theory and Practice in a Comparative Perspective", Proceedings, First International Conference on Organizational Development, Toronto, 1978
"The Systems-Integration Construct: A Framework for Design and Analysis of Technological Systems", a paper presented at Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, 1978
"Systems-Integrated Organized Technology: Hardware, Software, Orgware Interactions", Research Seminar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1978
"When OD Meets a Turbulent Organization: Approach-Avoidance Alternatives for Consultants", Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, 1978
"The East-West Connection: The Current Sociology of Exchange Arranging in Management Science", Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, 1977
"Who is the Organization's Doctor?” Consultants' Communiqué, 1978
"Learning from Others: Tioga Foundry Visits Lynchburg", Modern Casting, March 1978
Organizational Behaviour: A Perceptual Approach. Ithaca: Org Tek, 1978
The Organizational Image Technique: Diagnosing and Developing Interface Relationships, dissertation, Cornell University, 1975
"The Organizational Image Process", NTL Network Conference on New Technology in Organizational Development, 1974
"Precepts and Caveats for Professor Consultants", in Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Academy of Management, 1973
Who Is the Organization's Doctor? An Exploratory Study of the Activities and Self Perceptions of Professor Consultants, thesis, Cornell University, 1973
"In Pursuit of Excellence: The United Airlines Story", Executive Producer with R. Yelen, Director, Ithaca College, WICB, produced for PBS airing, 1980
"The Arena: A Case in Organization Development", Executive Producer, Ithaca College, WICB, 1977
Clients served:
University of California, Berkeley
Pacific Southwest Airlines, San Diego.
National Telecommunicator Network, Carlsbad, CA
US Navy, Organizational Effectiveness System
City of San Diego
State of California, Department of Justice
Deanco, electronics distribution, Ithaca, NY, Washington DC
Schlumberger, Scranton, PA
Specialty Steel Corp., Utica, NY
National Forge Steel Co., Erie, PA
Thatcher Glass Corporation, Elmira, NY
Corning Glass Co., Corning, NY
Tioga Iron Foundry, Elmira, NY
Shepard Niles Crane and Hoist Co. Latrobe, PA
Great American Corporation, New York, NY
Philadelphia National Bank, Philadelphia
Tompkins County Trust Co., Ithaca, NY
Federal Reserve System, Buffalo, NY
Various entrepreneurial firms since 1980
Professional Affiliations:
Academy of Management
OD Network
Professional Service and Honors:
Lecturer and Presenter, University of California at Berkeley, Worldwide Extension, various international programs, 1997 through present
Seminar Speaker, "Mergers and Acquisitions", Cornell University Executive Programs, San Francisco, December 1989
Adjunct Professor of Management, College of Business Administration, San Diego State University, 1986-1988
Seminar Leader, "Japanese Management", University of Michigan, Division of Management Education, 1981-82
Chairman, International Management Division, Academy of Management, 1981
AACSB, International Affairs Committee Member, 1981
Visiting Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, 1978
National Science Foundation Scholar Travel Award, 1978
International Registry of Organization Development Professionals, Advisory Board, 1980-82
President's Task Force on Reorganization, Ithaca College, 1978-79
Research and Writing in Process:
Corporate Angels: Strangers and Saviours at Work, a book
Public Speaking and Writing Areas:
Merger and acquisition: issues, topics
"Business Angels" and informal investor patterns: international perspectives